The 88 was the German workhorse. There’s a good excerpt from the book ‘Luftwaffe Diaries’ about the first time the luftwaffe was forced to use their 88 AA guns against ground targets in Poland and they realized how effective it was. Good book by the way, highly recommend it
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If the Germans had managed to develop a proximity fuse those 88’s might have turned the war for them.
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The 88 was the German workhorse. There’s a good excerpt from the book ‘Luftwaffe Diaries’ about the first time the luftwaffe was forced to use their 88 AA guns against ground targets in Poland and they realized how effective it was. Good book by the way, highly recommend it
If the Germans had managed to develop a proximity fuse those 88’s might have turned the war for them.